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Polish Studies at University of Illinois, Chicago
The Institution
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a comprehensive public university located in the heart of one of the nation's largest metropolitan areas. It is one of three campuses of the State of Illinois' land-grant university, the University of Illinois. Its mission comprises three traditional elements-teaching, research, and public service, each shaped by and relevant to its metropolitan setting as well as the University of Illinois' traditional pursuit of excellence. UIC serves not only the citizens of the state of Illinois, but also students from throughout the nation and the world who are attracted by both the University's programs and the metropolitan setting on which it draws and to which it contributesDepartment of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures
The Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literature offers a comprehensive program in Polish language, literature, and culture on the undergraduate as well as the graduate level. The undergraduate Polish program leads to a BA in Polish and a minor in Polish. The graduate program leads to MA and Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature with a concentration in Polish literature or linguistics. Graduate students in the Department of History may major or minor in Polish history.According to data published by the Modern Languages Association of America, the Polish program in the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literature at UIC is the largest in the United States. With its enrollment (100-200 students per semester) it comprises about 13%-15% of the total US enrollment in Polish language and literature, as reported by some 1560 colleges and universities in the 1980s. The program is student-centered and teaching-intensive. It is distinguished by consistently high enrollments, representing 40-42% of the total enrollment in the 5 departmental programs (Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian languages and literature).
Polish Studies Courses
- 115 Introduction to Polish Culture @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Main trends in Polish
culture in the context of parallel developments in Western European civilization.
Taught in English.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- 120 The Polish Short Story in Translation @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to representative
Polish short stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the elements
of fiction; close reading of prose texts. Taught in English.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Zaluski, I.V.
- POL 130 Masterworks of Polish Literature in Translation @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The most important works of Poland's greatest writers in the areas of poetry, drama, and prose.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 140/THTR140 Polish Drama in Translation. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Same as Theatre 140. Elementary aspects of Polish dramatic theory and close reading of representative scripts
selected from various periods. Taught in English.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Zaluski, I.V.
- POL 150 Introduction to Polish Cinema. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to the
major themes and techniques of Polish film art; comparative survey of narrative
film and literature. Taught in English. Films screened with English subtitles.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 234/Hist 234 History of Poland. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Political, socioeconomic,
and cultural developments since the first Polish state, the union with Lithuania,
the struggle for independence, Communist rule to the present.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Suszko, M.
- POL 241 Mickiewicz and Sienkiewicz: Polish Romanticism and Realism. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: The study of two major
Polish authors as foremost representatives of Polish Romanticism (Mickiewicz)
and Realism (Sienkiewicz). Taught in English. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
or consent of the instructor.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Zaluski, I.V.
- POL 321 Introduction to Polish Literature I. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Old Polish literature
from medieval Latin and vernacular texts to masterpieces of the Polish Enlightenment.
Taught in English. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 322 Introduction to Polish Literature II. @@@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Modern Polish literature
in Poland and abroad. Taught in English. Prerequisite: Junior standing or
consent of the instructor.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 450 Studies in Polish Drama. @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Literary trends in
Polish poetry and prose; their poetics, aesthetics, and philosophy in their
European context. Prerequisite: Advanced undergraduate standing.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 460 Studies in Polish Literature. @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Literary trends in
Polish poetry and prose; their poetics, aesthetics, and philosophy in their
European context. Prerequisite: Advanced undergraduate standing.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Kurczaba, A.
- POL 460 The Tatra Mountains in Polish Literature and Film @
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: Not available
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Gasienica-Byrcyn, A.
Language Instruction
- POL 101 Elementary Polish I. @
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course teaches
students to speak, read, and write in Polish, and familiarizes them with
Polish culture. It employs the most up-to-date techniques of language
teaching, such as communicative and accelerated learning, and learning
based on students' native language skills, as well as multi-leveled target-language
exposure.
COURSE INSTRUCTORs: Gasienica-Byrcyn, A. and Dudek, E.
- POL 102 Elementary Polish II @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The curriculum includes instruction in grammar, writing, and
translation, as well as watching selected Polish movies. Selected readings are
drawn from the course textbook and students also read Polish short stories
and press articles. In addition, students' independent reading is emphasized
and reinforced by class discussions. Work is adjusted to each student's level
of preparation.
COURSE INSTRUCTORs: Gasienica-Byrcyn, A. and Dudek, E.
- POL 103 , 104 Intermediate Polish I, II @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Not available.
COURSE INSTRUCTORs: Zaluski, I. V. and Gasienica-Byrcyn, A.
- POL 301, 302 Polish Composition and Conversation I, II. @@
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Composition and conversation, systematic grammar, vocabulary development
and aural comprehension. Prerequisite: Pol 104 or the equivalent.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Zaluski, I.V.
- POL 410 Structure of Modern Polish. @
- COURSE DESCRIPTION: A synchronic linguistic
analysis of Polish substantives, pronouns, verbs, deverbal nouns, and minor
parts of speech from a syntagmatic and paradigmatic point of view. Prerequisite:
Pol 402 or the equivalent.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Nedeljkovic, O.
Faculty
- Gasienica-Byrcyn, Anna, Lecturer, Polish Language and Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago @
- PhD., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000
M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989
Phone: (312) 996-7197 / Fax:(312) 996-0953 / E-Mail: annagb@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Polish Language and Literature
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
POETRY TRANSLATIONS- Poetry of Marta Fox, Sarmatian Review XXII.2: 2002
- "The Dirty Goat" Trans. of Halina Poswiatowska poetry: Host Pub., Vol 12, 2002
- "Halina Poswiatowska," Modern Poetry in Translation, No 18, 2001
- "Halina Poswiatowska's Verbal Paintings," Sarmatian Review, XVI: 1, 1996
- "I'll Dance for you in Words" in Lituanus 47: 1, 2001
- Kulczycki, John J. Professor Emeritus of History, University of Illinois, Chicago @
- Ph.D., Columbia University, 1973
Phone: . . . Phone number / Fax: . . . Fax number / E-Mail: kul@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Polish History
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
BOOKS- The Polish Coal Miners' Union and the German Labor Movement in the Ruhr, 1902-1934: National and Social Solidarity (Oxford, New York, 1997)
- The Foreign Worker and the German Labor Movement: Xenophobia and Solidarity in the Coal Fields of the Ruhr, 1871-1914 (Oxford, Providence, USA, 1994)
- Strajki szkolne w zaborze pruskim, 1901-1907: Walka o dwujezyczna oswiate (Poznan, 1993) revised version of School Strikes in Prussian Poland, 1901-1907: The Struggle over Bilingual Education (Boulder, Colorado, 1981).
- Nauczanie historii Polski na uniwersytecie amerykanskim (Teaching Polish history at an American university), Postscriptum 37-38, 1-2, 2001
- The National Identity of the 'Natives' of Poland's 'Recovered Land', National Identities III, No.3 (2001), 205-219
- Rural Transformation in Poland After 1945: The Polonization of the 'Recovered Lands', The Transformation of the Systems of East-Central Europe Rural Societies Before and After 1989, ed. Shingo Minamizuka, (Kecskemet, Hungary: Tiberias BT, 1996), 83-93
- Democratization and Nationalism in Contemporary Poland, Totalitarianism and the Challenge of Democracy, eds. Andrej W. Jablonski, Wojciech Piasecki (Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego, 1992), 65-72
- Spontaneity versus Organization and the Masses of Prussian Poland in the Early Twentieth Century, Rola Wielkopolski w dziejach narodu polskiego, eds. Stanislaw Kubiak, Lech Trzeciakowski (Poznan: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, 1979), 269-283
- German Culture Imperialism in Prussian Poland, 1871-1914, Russian and Slavic History eds. D.K. Rowney, G.E. Orchard (Slavica, Columbus, Ohio, 1977), 105-122
- Kurczaba, Alex Associate Professor of Polish Literature @
- PhD., University of Illinois at Urbana
Phone: (312) 413-3059 / Fax: (312) 996-0953 / E-Mail: kurczaba@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: - Polish literature, culture, and film;
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
BOOKS- Conrad and Poland, Alex S. Kurczaba (Editor), East European Monographs, Columbia, 1996
- Poems of Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski (1921-1944), Sarmatian Review XIII.3: 1993
- Poems of Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski (1921-1944), Sarmatian Review XVIII.3: 1998
- East Central Europe and Multiculturalism in the American Academy, Sarmatian Review XVIII.3: 1998
- Nedeljkovic, Olga, Professor, Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Chicago@
- PhD., University of Skopje, 1967
Phone: (312) 996-7054 / Fax:(312) 996-0953 / E-Mail: olganedl@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Medieval Slavic Studies, the formation of the Slavic literary languages, Balkans and Russia
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
PUBLICATIONS- Cyprian Kamil Norwid: A Nineteenth Century Poet of Christian Humanism, The Polish Review , 1 (1986) : 27-48
- Julian Przybos's Poem "Notre Dame III" AATSEEL Annual Meeting, 2001
- Suszko, Marek Graduate Student, Department of History, University of Illinois at Chicago @
- M.A. University of Zielonagora, Poland
Phone: . . . / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: msuszk2@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Modern Europe, Poland, Russia, Soviet Union
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
PUBLICATIONS- "'Kultura' and European Unification," The Polish Review, 45:2 (2000), 183-195
- Zaluski, Irene V. Lecturer, Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Chicago @
- M.A., Columbia University, 1967
Phone: (312) 996-3215 / Fax: (312) 996-0953 / E-Mail: Irenez@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Polish language, 19th and 20th-century Polish literature
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
COURSES
META-FACULTY - Faculty who have studied and/or taught at Polish institutions of higher education
- Bruzik, Karol S. Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Univesity of Illinois at Chicago @@
- Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences, 1980
Phone: 312-996-4576 / Fax: 312-996-7107 / E-Mail: kbruzik@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Bioorganic chemistry. Mechanisms of phosphotransferases. Synthesis of biophosphate analogs as inhibitors and probes of enzyme mechanism
- Slodkowski, Zbigniew Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Chicago @
- Ph.D., Polish Academy of Siences, 1974
Phone: (312) 413-3746 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: zbigniew@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Several complex variables
Visiting Faculty from Poland
- Grabowski, Artur Visiting Assitant Professor, Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois, Chicago @
- Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 1998
Phone: (312) 996-7197 / Fax: (312) 996-0953 / E-Mail: arturg@uic.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: 20-century Polish Literature and Theatre POLAND/AMERICA TRANSATLANTIC SCHOLARSHIP:
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:- Institution University of Illinois, Chicago: 2004-5
- POL 120 Polish Short Story in Translation
- POL 140 Polish Drama in Translation
- POL 301 Polish Composition and Conversation I
- POL 322 Introduction to Polish Literature II
Philological Department, Polonian Institute, Jagiellonian University
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